'Dress fabulous!' says Starlady Nungari, the larger than life hairdresser who features in the new documentary by local filmmaker Alex Kelly.

And she means it.

The fashion police will be on the door at Sunday's premiere of 'Queen of the Desert', screening at Olive Pink on Sunday evening, with everyone encouraged to glam up for the big event.

The half hour film follows two weeks in the life of Starlady, who has formed a close relationship with the remote community of Areyonga (Utju) over many years of working as a youth worker and hairdresser 'out bush'.

Travelling several hundred kilometres west to Areyonga from her home base of Alice Springs, Starlady conducts hairdressing workshops, shares beauty tips and even hosts the odd fashion parade.

Starlady says she's proud of the film but it wasn't an easy process.

"It's really intimidating having a film crew follow you around, the reality of that was quite hard and challenging at times," she says.

"At one stage during the shoot I was quite sick and we were still filming and it was ten o'clock at night.

It had been a really huge day and I didn't have any eyebrows on, and they were wanting to do a shot in my night gown and I totally went into tears!" she says laughing.

However, the film isn't just about glitter and glam.

Starlady says it's also a great opportunity to tell a positive story about community life - particularly Areyonga who accepted the Wangaratta born 'translady' without question.

"There's a lot that people from remote Indigenous communities have to be proud of," she says.

"There's a lot that they can share, there's a lot that they can teach us."